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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Styron, what is the most devastating loss of physical functions?
(a) His ability to stay awake during the day.
(b) His ability to sleep and lack of dreaming.
(c) His sexual drive.
(d) His agility and interest in sports.

2. What does Styron say is the most important consideration in depression?
(a) Discovering which medicines are most effective.
(b) Discovering a cure.
(c) Discovering what causes depressed people to commit suicide.
(d) Discovering how early diagnoses can be made or predicted.

3. What does he think about art therapy?
(a) He would rather write than paint or draw.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) Too difficult hard.
(d) Skeptical because of the teacher's overly effusive praise, but eventually likes it.

4. What two feelings does Styron experience as he planned his suicide?
(a) Despondency and fear.
(b) Hopelessness and despair.
(c) Love for his wife and hopelessness for himself.
(d) Terror and fascination.

5. Why are late afternoons so distressing to Styron?
(a) He suffers from panic and anxiety.
(b) He gets sleepy and couldn't work.
(c) He takes naps and had nightmares during the nap.
(d) He has to go to his doctor every afternoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What note does Styron want to copy for his goodbye letter?

2. What is Styron's avoidance of death due to?

3. Styron compares the theories about depression to the theories about what?

4. During the dinner party, what does Styron do with his diary?

5. What piece of music moves Styron to his breakthrough and hospitalization?

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